96+ Best Focus Quotes That Instantly Inspire You

Focus is the main or central point of something, especially of attention or interest. Inspirational focus quotes will encourage you accomplish your goals by focusing on what matters in your life.

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In the midst of distractions and challenges, I hope that this insightful collection will improve your focus and concentration skills.

Most Famous Focus Quotes

In a world deluged by irrelevant information, clarity is power. Yuval Noah Harari

It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform. Roy T. Bennett

Success demands singleness of purpose. Vince Lombardi

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty four hour days. Zig Ziglar

Focus does not mean saying yes, it means saying no. Steve Jobs

It is not for me to judge another man’s life. I must judge, I must choose, I must spurn, purely for myself. For myself, alone. Herman Hesse

Only through focus can you do world class things, no matter how capable you are. Bill Gates

Very occasionally, if you pay really close attention, life doesn’t suck. Joss Whedon

It is those who concentrate on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. Og Mandino

Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed. Paulo Coelho

Too much sugar leads to a heavy body, and too many distractions lead to a heavy mind. Naval Ravikant

Where your attention goes, your time goes. Idowu Koyenikan

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser like focus. Bruce Lee

Reality is a projection of your thoughts or the things you habitually think about. Stephen Richards

Knowing what to leave out is just as important as knowing what to focus on. Warren Buffett

My most important piece of advice to all you would be writers When you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip. Elmore Leonard

I’ll live the focused life, because it’s the best kind there is. Winifred Gallagher

Instead of focusing on how much you can accomplish, focus on how much you can absolutely love what you’re doing. Leo Babauta

I make love with a focus and intensity that most people reserve for sleep. Dark Jar Tin Zoo

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. Buddha

Temperamentally anxious people can have a hard time staying motivated, period, because their intense focus on their worries distracts them from their goals. Winifred Gallagher

These three things leads to positive non linear results clarity, focus, and time. Simple but not easy. Shane Parrish

Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror. Colin Powell

The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say no to almost everything. Warren Buffett

I didnt pay atteniton to times or distance, instead focusing on how it felt just to be in motion, knowing it wasn’t about the finish line but how I got there that mattered. Sarah Dessen

It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential. Bruce Lee

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong. Warren Buffett

Focus is more important than genius. Greg McKeown

Sometimes we focus so much on what we don’t have that we fail to see, appreciate, and use what we do have! Jeff Dixon

If I had an hour to solve a problem, I’d spend 55 minutes thinking about the problem and 5 minutes thinking about solutions. Albert Einstein

Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Muses are too unreliable to keep on the payroll. Helen Hanson

If you don’t pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves. David Allen

Success in life is not for those who run fast, but for those who keep running and always on the move. Bangambiki Habyarimana

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life think of it; dream of it; live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea; and leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. Swami Vivekananda

Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. Samuel Johnson

I think the ability is to singularly focus is related to the ability to lose yourself and be present, happy, and actually, ironically, more effective. Naval Ravikant

It’s as if when I open myself up to every perception, things create their own focus. Kristin Cashore

To produce at your peak level you need to work for extended periods with full concentration on a single task free from distraction. Cal Newport

Whatever your passion is, keep doing it. Don’t waste time chasing after success or comparing yourself to others. Every flower blooms at a different pace. Excel at doing what your passion is and only focus on perfecting it. Eventually people will see what you are great at doing, and if you are truly great, success will come chasing after you. Suzy Kassem

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks. Winston Churchill

Bring the mind into sharp focus and make it alert so that it can immediately intuit truth, which is everywhere. The mind must be emancipated from old habits, prejudices, restrictive thought processes and even ordinary thought itself. Bruce Lee

Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what’s urgent, learn to focus on what is really important. Stephen R. Covey

The elegance under pressure is the result of fearlessness. Ashish Patel

Saying no is more important than saying yes. Shane Parrish

It’s not always that we need to do more but rather that we need to focus on less. Nathan W. Morris

Self actualizing people  highly functioning people who live at extraordinary levels of awareness  train their minds to focus on what they intend to create and what they intend to manifest, and they won’t let anybody change their mind. Wayne Dyer

Be on guard. The road widens, and many of the detours are seductive. David Foster Wallace

The only reason men fail is because of broken focus. Mike Murdock

Where we fall are the stepping-stones for our journey. Lolly Daskal

Multitasking is the sign of a stressed and diseased mind simultaneously doing many things poorly. Quality work and quality thinking require quiet focus. Thibaut

If you really want to focus on something, says Castellanos, the optimum amount of time to spend on it is ninety minutes. Then change tasks. And watch out for interruptions once you’re really concentrating, because it will take you twenty minutes to recover. Winifred Gallagher

Develop the habit of letting small bad things happen. If you don’t, you’ll never find time for the life changing big things. Tim Ferriss

Find your focus by seeking all that is good in your life. Lorii Myers

Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you’ll have more time, and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, Is this necessary? Marcus Aurelius

Entrepreneurship you put one dumb foot in front of the other while the world throws bricks at your head. Peter Thiel

Those who focus best are relatively immune to emotional turbulence. Daniel Goleman

Listen for the call of your destiny, and when it comes, release your plans and follow. Mollie Marti

I succeeded because I have a long attention span. Charlie Munger

Don’t interpret anything too much. This is time waster number 1. Dee Dee Artner

Always remember, your focus determines your reality. George Lucas

One of Job’s great strengths was knowing how to focus. Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do, he said. That’s true for companies, and it’s true for products. Walter Isaacson

If there are nine rabbits on the ground and you want to catch one, just focus on one. Jack Ma

Information overload is a symptom of our desire to not focus on what’s important. It is a choice. Brian Solis

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus. Alexander Graham Bell

The real heroes are those who rebuild their lives using adversity as a stepping stone to greatness in the midst of the chaos life has thrown at them. Nikki Rowe

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. Aristotle

Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, focus your energy on what you can create. Roy Bennett

Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am roots in the earth. I am water that flows. I am grounded. I am Watcher. Veronica Wolff

My success, part of it certainly, is that I have focused in on a few things. Bill Gates

Debriefing style counseling after a trauma often aggravates a victim’s stress related symptoms, for example, and 4 in 10 bereaved people do better without grief therapy. Winifred Gallagher

I don’t focus on what I’m up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest. Venus Williams

Until you are clear nothing will be. The moment you are clear everything will be. Rasheed Ogunlaru

Success at anything will always come down to this focus and effort. And we control both. Dwayne Johnson

Focus on what you can control. That is always enough. Hunter Post

I learned that focus is key. Not just in your running a company, but in your personal life as well. Tim Cook

Be disciple of depth in shallow world. Cal Newport

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes. Sherlock Holmes

Once out of your cradle, you don’t focus on the world in the abstract, perceiving things for the first time, but in synchrony with your accumulated knowledge, which enriches and helps define your experience, as well as ensuring its uniqueness. Winifred Gallagher

People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. Steve Jobs

So which Jesus is right? What rubric should we use when we’re confronted by challenge and change? Do we focus on pruning out all evil, or do we focus on growing love? Sierra Simone

Focus like a laser, not a flashlight. Michael Jordan

Focus more on people who inspire you rather than annoy you. You’ll get much further in life. Kristen Butler

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Antoine de Saint Exupery

Energy and focus do not come with success and wealth. Success and wealth come from having energy and focus. Corey Rewis

Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger. Arnold Palmer

It is a social duty to focus your expertise onto fixing a global pandemic. Steven Magee

The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary. Thomas A. Edison

The most important quality of a leader is clarity. W. Allen Morris

Channel your energy. Focus. Carl Lewis

Transformational leadership occurs where the leaders focus on empowering people, not just what they can gain from that position. Gift Gugu Mona

The main thing is to keep the main thing a main thing. Stephen R.Covey

You only need to focus on things under your control. Simon Marshall